A rare Chinese doucai 'chrysanthemum' jar, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period
清乾隆 鬪彩番蓮團菊紋罐 青花《大清乾隆年製》篆書款

Of ovoid form, painted to the exterior with several medallions enclosing pairs of chrysanthemum flowerheads painted in red and yellow against leafy grounds, interspersed with stylised lotus flowers issuing from scrolling tendrils, all between bands of ruyi lappets, the base with a six-character Qianlong seal mark inscribed in underglaze-blue

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Dimensions: 11.2cm high

See a comparable pair of jars and covers sold at Sotheby's London, 3rd November 2021, lot 143 [link] ; and another at Sotheby's New York, 12th September 2018, lot 153; jar of this type without the cover sold in the same rooms, 11th - 12th September 2012, lot 40; and a jar and cover sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7th April 2015, lot 3713. A pair of jars and covers sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2013, lot 3209; and another sold at Christie's London, 15th May 2018, lot 192.

A pair of similar doucai jars and covers from the Qianlong period is illustrated in 'Tianjin shi yishu bowuguan cang ci' ('Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum'), Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 177; and another pair is published in 'Min Shin no bijutsu' ('Ming and Qing Art'), Tokyo, 1982, pl. 170; a single jar and cover is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and is included in 'Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain', vol. 2, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 24.